Hand-net frame



(No Model.)

R. H. HOSEA.

HAND NET FRAME.

Patented May; 6,1883.-f

/f//ZES/ .gewijd NITEAD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. HOsEA, OE CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HAND-NET F/RAMEV. .i

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,279, dated March 6, 1883.

I Application led September 7,1882. (No model.) n

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT H. HOsEA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Frames for Hand -Nets, of which the following isa specification'.

My invention relates to hand-nets such as those used in fishing and for other purposes, its object being to improve their construction and usefulness in respect to the lightness, strength, and portability of the frame; and it consists in the construction of the frame, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

' I have selected to illustrate Vmy invention a landing-net,77 commonly used by anglers in trout and bass fishing, and in the drawings herewith, in which the same is shown, Figure lis an elevation of the frame complete, excepting as to a portion of the handle; Fig. 2, an enlarged perspective View of the inner hoop sockets separated from the handle, but placed together, ready for insertion into the handle; Fig. 3, a longitudinal cross-section of the outer socket-piece; Fig. 4, a longitudinal cross-section of the inner vhoop-socket pieces and the handle in position for use; and Fig. 5, an elevation, partly sectional, of the handle.

The handle A, inner socketpieces, B B', bows C Gf, and outer socketpiece D, constitute the members of my improved frame, which is designed to be light and strong inuse and easily separated into the elements indicated for convenience ot transportation. The bows C C' are pieces of hickory wood or other light, stron g, and elastic material, preferably ofrectangular or oval cross section, having their shorter axes in the plane of the hoop formed by their union, an arrangement tending to give greater resistance against strains of weight in the net. The ends of the bows are formed to fitsnugly,butremovably,into the socketpieces B B D, the sockets of both being arranged to face outward, forming an angle with each other a little out of the true curve of the hoop, so that when the bows are inserted in the sockets and bent to form the circular hoop the spring of the bows will cause them to bind and be section,corresponding with thebows C G', meeting end to end at a slight angle, as already described, and each united to a short semi-cylin` drical section of tubing, b b, forming an elbow therewith. The sections b b', when in position, are placed with their fiat sides together, and are retained against displacement by dowel-pins p. Corresponding portions ofthe cylindrical snrfaees of the sections b b are screw-threaded, to fit into and engage a similarly-provided ferrule, c, at the end of the handle A. By this mode of attachment the parts are securely held together and easily separated or replaced Without the use of binding-screws or other fastenin gs. y The socket-piece D consists of two short sections ot' tubing similar toB B', but shorter and lighter, forming sockets for the bows, secured together at an angle, as described, into one piece, the ends of the bows being fitted to enter and be retained removably therein.

The handle A is preferably made hollow and furnished with a removable cap, d, the hollow portion constituting a receptacle for the tips of fishing-rods, the bows C C', &c., besides constituting an air-chamber to assist in Jfloating the apparatus in case ot' accidental loss upon the water. i

Among the advantages derived from my improvement, besides the combinedlightness and strength attained, is the convenience of taking apart and putting together, the entire absence of small parts such as set-screws ordinarily required, the loss of which disables the entire apparatus, and also the facility of transportation.

The handle containing the bows, and which also avoids the necessityofa ti p-case 7 as'part of an anglers outfit, may be bundled with lishin g-rods or used as a walking-stick, while the metallic parts, being small and light, can be carried about the person.

The socket-piece D may bel dispensed with and a single strip of wood used capable oi being bent to circular form and secured, as shown, in the sockets B B; but I prefer the construction described.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A -l. In a landing-net frame, the socket-pieces B B', in combination with the hoop and handle, substantially as set forth.

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more strips of elastic material, and socket- 4. The handle A, socket-pieces B B and D, and the bows C C', constituting in combination a separable frame for landing-nets and similar ,t apparatus, substantially as set forth. 15 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBT. H. HOSEA.

Witnesses L. M. HosEA, CEAS. LEIMANN. 

